Dream of a blessed spirit

All the heavy days are over;
Leave the body's coloured pride
Underneath the grass and clover,
With the feet laid side by side.
 
One with her are mirth and duty;
Bear the gold-embroidered dress,
For she needs not her sad beauty,
To the scented oaken press.
 
Hers the kiss of Mother Mary,
The long hair is on her face;
Still she goes with footsteps wary
Full of earth's old timid grace.
 
With white feet of angels seven
Her white feet go glimmering;
And above the deep of heaven,
Flame on flame, and wing on wing.

by William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) , from The Countess Kathleen and Various Legends and Lyrics as part of the play The Countess Kathleen, published 1892, revised 1895 a

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by (James) Albert Mallinson (1870-1946) , "Dream of a blessed spirit", published 1907. [soprano or tenor]

Date added to the website: 2008-09-18.

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